The deceased worked as a software engineer with an IT company.

A motorcyclist died in Chennai when a scaffolding iron pillar at a metro construction site fell on him.

The accident occurred at around 8:15 am when 30-year-old Giridhar, a software engineer at an IT company in Chennai, was crossing the under-construction metro site. He lived near Madipakkam locality, NDTV reports.

The incident occurred near the under-construction Officers' Training Academy (OTA) Metro Station on city's Airport road.